fredag 15. januar 2021

The Hotfix is HOT!

AmigaOS 4.1 FE Upd 2 Hotfix on SAM460ex
Happy New Year 2021, everybody! The net is finally up and running from my new apartment in Indre Arna of Bergen City of Norway. Fibre is under development but the net is already now running as supposed to! Very happy for that!

The first thing I did was to grab the Update 2 Hotfix from Hyperion Entertainment through AmiUpdate, since I have the latest AmiUpdate version 2.47. It picked it up right away. At the same time, I checked Updater for an update, and there was some files to update, including a new version of the Emotion Player 1.9 and an update to Updater itself. I also updated the Hurl Hollywood plugin and a Jansion library as well. I'm going to explain how it all worked out.

The installation of the Update 2 with Hotfix went through without any trouble and just updated everything that was from the Hotfix update. You all remember I ran Update 2 with the Update 1 kernel, because of certain problems with the new kernel. The Hotfix solved the kernel issue and even updated the kernel further with version 54.30. A couple of improvements to different libraries and DOS functions have also been installed from the Hotfix as well. If you wonder if the Hotfix is HOT, then the answer is clearly YES! It sure is, and you should install it on your system!

The old MUI-Hollywood apps like Jack and Jill do no longer work, but I also got the impression that these old apps are now obsolete and pointless to use. Jill was the modern calender tool I used to run on the top-right screen. This has now been replaced with both the Calender and Clock from the Enhancer bundle developed by A-EON. The black skin fits right into my setup!

Did some testing again with running the NSM patched version of OctaMED SoundStudio v1.03c with a WIP-version of a new TheMaestrix tool. The new TheMaestrix tool is further under update by Damien Stewart. As for the old, famous OctaMED SoundStudio v1.03c tracker, it runs excellent under AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition Update 2 Hotfix! No GR, no lockup, no slowdown and no problems at all! Runs perfectly and it's fully possible to quit the tracker within the OS and even shut down the computer! This is how I truly like to work, and this is how it should be!

The full list of Ninja Remix 2021 Amiga Music Collection under work already!

Wilderness 2021 WIP Cover

It's surely already known that I'm doing new Amiga music for the famous old game called Ninja Remix. The first was the new 8ch Ninja Remix 2020 Theme, that received surprisingly great reputation on YouTube, following up with Wasteland 2020. Wasteland 2020 was great, too, but tempo is a bit slow and lacks some variety. This will now be addressed with a relaunch of Wasteland 2021, with faster tempo and more variety. Should be really great, and will be relaunched already this weekend!

Wilderness 2021 (as seen from the snapshot above right) has already been worked on, as well as Palace Gardens 2021. Wilderness 2021 sounds different and aggressive. It also needs more variety before release. I'm so happy to be able to work on new 2021 Amiga music already! Thanks to have the net up and running in the new place, I'm able to share my work!

Palace Gardens 2021 WIP Cover
Palace Gardens 2021 is another new Amiga track I'm working at these days for the Ninja Remix Amiga game. It should not be compared with the original Palace Gardens from the same game. It's a Level 3 track yes, but Palace Gardens 2021 is brand new and already sounds very different. Fresher, deeper and more beautiful. Slow rhythm, but very beautiful! It's nearly completed as you read this. Exciting!

New music certainly adds new atmosphere even to an old game. It's a feeling you can't describe but simply have to feel on the body oneself.

Dungeon 2021 WIP Cover

Dungeon 2021 is to be a brand new Level 4 Amiga track for the Ninja Remix game. Oh, I promise it to have a pretty scary intro with a great variety of spooky sound effects, before playing a thrilling new tune for this level!

Despite the similar name reference except of the 2021 number, the new versions of the level tracks are NOT to be compared with the original versions, as the new 2021 versions will be completely different from what you've been used to! This is very important to keep in mind!

Work on composing the new tune Dungeon 2021 will happen as you read this, and will be released as soon as it's completed. You might happen to notice some multi-releases at the same time, but I promise that the work will be done properly without disappointment.

Palace 2021 WIP Cover
Palace 2021 will be a new Level 5 Amiga track for the Ninja Remix game. Also to be brand new and very different. Pulsating, as this marks almost the end of the game. Work should already has started around the time you read this blog, so stay tuned and watch this space!

Playing the old Ninja Remix game with brand new Amiga music should be even more fun!

Of course, the original concept will always remain the best, but there's nothing wrong with having alternatives as well. If you're open for something new and different, you get the option to listen to the new music. If you like it, then that's great. If you don't, then it's certainly not my fault but simply about taste. It's like candies and icecreams. Some don't like strawberry or blueberry, others simply do. See what I mean?

Sanctum 2021 WIP Cover - The End Level

As the title indicates, Sanctum 2021 is to be the new Amiga track for the 6th and FINAL level of the Ninja Remix game. A true anticlimax in both a dramatic and beautiful way. Also to be in hard work the coming days as you read this blog.

I'm proud to reveal that all these new Ninja Remix tracks are to be a complete collection, simply called Ninja Remix 2021, so this is it!

The complete collection will be as MODs and will be brought up to Aminet once completed. That way, you get a full collection of all 6 new Amiga tracks for Ninja Remix, get to read the information to these tracks, and even see the covers that are to be seen on YouTube.

I will of course work on more private Amiga music for the endless Julia MOD collection of mine. To kick of 2021, the first from my private collection will be "Startin Over". A cover is not available yet, but that's going to be a surprise. Many great plans for 2021, so don't worry.

Other Amiga tracks will be "Banzai", "Journey", "A Good Man (Arthur Morgan Tribute)", "Pray For The World", "Outlaws" and new Amiga music for Last Ninja 2 and 3. I have many plans, but lets stick to what is already revealed.

Well, this is my new blog update for now. Hotfix works with the new kernel on my AmigaOne 500 aka SAM460ex! Everything works as supposed to, and I'm very happy and back on track!

2021 has just began ;) The journey itself is to be interesting...See you again soon!

Written by
Helge Kvalheim, Norway























 

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